Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi special forces deployed in Kirkuk after Kurdish flag raising triggered tensions

Jan 10, 2019 19:08

Iraqi Special Operations Forces have been deployed in the Arab country’s Kirkuk after the flag of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was raised over a political party headquarters, which revived tensions more than a year after Baghdad seized the disputed northern city from the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
Syrian forces march into Arima village near Kurdish-held Manbij

Dec 25, 2018 20:16

Syrian army soldiers, supported by Russian troops, have marched into a village in the country’s northern province of Aleppo, after US-sponsored and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) decided to hand it over to government forces.
US exempts Iraq in further retreat on Iran sanctions

Nov 07, 2018 15:16

Iraq will continue importing electricity and natural gas from Iran under an exemption from US sanctions, the special representative for Iran at the US State Department Brain Hook has said.
Israeli film dropped from Iraqi Kurdish festival competition

Oct 31, 2018 07:07

Authorities in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have withdrawn an Israeli movie from the annual Duhok International Film Festival “due to regional complications and considerations.”
‘US incites Iraq’s Kurds to break promise, assault Iranian soil’

Sep 11, 2018 10:31

Iran’s top military commander says the US has been provoking the terrorists based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over the past year to launch assaults against Iranian soil despite their earlier promises not to do so.
Three killed as gunmen storm govt. building in Erbil

Jul 23, 2018 13:21

Kurdish security forces have killed three gunmen who stormed the governorate building in the city of Erbil in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan and took hostages.
Iraq starts deploying forces in Sinjar after Turkey’s threats against PKK

Mar 31, 2018 19:19

Iraq has started deploying forces in the country’s northwestern Sinjar region after Turkey threatened to enter the area to attack Kurdish militants.
Iraqi Kurdistan's airports reopen for intl. flights following PM's order

Mar 15, 2018 19:56

Airports in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have been reopened to international air traffic.
Iraqi PM reopens Kurdistan airports to international flights

Mar 13, 2018 14:39

Iraq has ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on its Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region held a controversial referendum on secession last September.
Iraqi security forces start offensive to purge areas near Kirkuk of Daesh terrorists

Mar 11, 2018 16:35

Iraqi security forces, supported by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have started an operation to clear remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from villages near the country’s oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.